{"id":6683,"date":"2024-02-12T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:36:03","slug":"first-and-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/first-and-51\/","title":{"rendered":"First and 51"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UTRGV football roster expands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timothy Chapman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-09-at-3.45.43-PM-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-09-at-3.45.43-PM-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-09-at-3.45.43-PM-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-09-at-3.45.43-PM-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-09-at-3.45.43-PM.png 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Amira Garcia \/ Vaquero Radio<br><\/em>\u00a0<br><em>UTRGV Head football coach speaks during a press conference about the addition of 41 players to the inaugural football roster.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tim-Football-story-complete.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Football season for UTRGV is getting much closer to becoming a reality after head coach Travis Bush announced Wednesday the addition of 41 players to the <a href=\"https:\/\/goutrgv.com\/news\/2024\/2\/7\/football-adds-41-vaqueros-for-2024.aspx\">inaugural football roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten players were signed to the team Dec. 20, making the total for the team 51 athletes as of last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A UTRGV Athletics Feb. 7. news release states more new players will be added to the roster in the upcoming weeks for the 2025 football season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bush says in all of his years of experience at the collegiate level, he has never signed more than 12 to 15 athletes a year. He adds building a football team from scratch has provided him the best signing period of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s good because again we\u2019ve started from nothing,\u201d Bush said. \u201cDidn\u2019t have recruiting services. We did it old-school style. The four of us went to 600 high schools, watched kids and found kids and to see guys we found back in April of last year, we liked them from the get go.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bush says the foundation of the team will be built on mental toughness and great work ethic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYou learn to win on a daily basis in that way,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, we talk about winning today and everything we do in our program, and it\u2019s just a mindset \u2026 waking up in a three-point stance every morning ready to attack and be the best at whatever you&#8217;re doing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President and Director of Athletics Chasse Conque says it has taken time to properly prepare the football program. An example being the new Vaqueros Performance Center, which is set to open in Fall 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been blessed with wonderful portable, temporary solutions,\u201d Conque said. \u201cWe wanted to make sure that when we kicked off that our young men, this recruiting class, that we were able to look them in the eye and say, \u2018This is how we\u2019re going to live for the practice year, but this is going to be your your digs when we when we kick off in 25.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the UTRGV football program, visit goutrgv.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Timothy Chapman for Vaquero Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTRGV football roster expands Timothy Chapman Football season for UTRGV is getting much closer to becoming a reality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":6684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[567,14],"tags":[606,68,200,44,46,26],"class_list":["post-6683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sports","tag-606","tag-edinburg","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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